Bud Davis vs. Bryan Rekar — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bryan Rekar
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bryan Rekar built a career as a starting pitcher and Bud Davis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.860 compared to 5.62 and 1.531 for Bryan Rekar. By the career numbers, Bud Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Bryan Rekar

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
1.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.34
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.78
33.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.44
82.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
409
5.62
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.42
5.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1965
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
655
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
788
10.83
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.83
10.83
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
1.36
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.86
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
5.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.902
0.902
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.34
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2927
40.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
6.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.521
1.521
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2638
36.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.22
40.22

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Bryan Rekar

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
1.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1965
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
655
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.77
94.77
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.107
1.107
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.44
82.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Bryan Rekar

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
1228.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
515.63
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
8
75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
56.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
1.58
14.83
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
10
93.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
112.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
4
37.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.38
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
5
46.88
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
3.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
37.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
25
234.38
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
2.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Rekar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Rekar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0